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CVE-2000-1010 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Format string vulnerability in talkd in OpenBSD and possibly)

Format string vulnerability in talkd in OpenBSD and possibly other BSD-based OSes allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a user name that contains format characters.

CVE IDCVE-2000-1010
SeverityHIGH
CVSS score10.0
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2000-12-11
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionFormat string vulnerability in talkd in OpenBSD and possibly other BSD-based OSes allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a user name that contains format characters.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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